While I agree that Cambridge is an expensive place to live and you sometimes need to take a less interesting job in order to make ends meet, this is not the case here. The $8.75/hour quoted in the article is for UROP positions. UROP stands for Undergraduate Research OPportunity. You must be an enrolled, undergrad at MIT to qualify for the position. While I was there, you could not work more than 20 hours/week at a UROP. Therefore, it is highly unlikely you are using this as a job to pay the rent.
"Staff" positions (post-docs, researchers, professors, etc.) get paid more than this. Granted, the wage is below the industry average, but it is a lot more than $8.75/hour.
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While I agree that Cambridge is an expensive place to live and you sometimes need to take a less interesting job in order to make ends meet, this is not the case here. The $8.75/hour quoted in the article is for UROP positions. UROP stands for Undergraduate Research OPportunity. You must be an enrolled, undergrad at MIT to qualify for the position. While I was there, you could not work more than 20 hours/week at a UROP. Therefore, it is highly unlikely you are using this as a job to pay the rent.
"Staff" positions (post-docs, researchers, professors, etc.) get paid more than this. Granted, the wage is below the industry average, but it is a lot more than $8.75/hour.